Hey, Ponies! So much good stuff coming up this weekend—including one of our favorites—the Primetime Emmys on Sunday. We’re sure you love a good awards show as much as we do. While you pick the best of queer D.C., get excited with some highlights from television’s most glamorous night.
- THIS FRIDAY: Our next Nat Geo event SHARKS & RECREATION is here. The best possible way to end a summer. Holy Ghost DJ set! Disco sharks (whatever that means!)! Real live explorers! Ron Swanson look-a-like contest! Mouse Rat cover bands! Electric sharks! Buy your ticket now. Tickets go up in price the day of.
- OCTOBER 20: SAAM & BYT Present: Murder House Party! A Renwick Gallery Opening. Our last Renwick party sold-out in one day. Madame Ghandhi and Barber Streisend are DJing. Tickets are already 2/3 sold out. Get those tickets
- OCTOBER 26-29: Bentzen Ball 2017 is coming! Ira Glass! Al Franken! Andrea Gibson! Jenny Slate! Podcasts! Tig Notaro! Amber Tamblyn! Some great shows are on sale. Some shows are already sold out! More shows will be announced soon!
- NOVEMBER 11-19: FotoWeek returns! We’re celebrating 10 years of beauty at SPAIN arts & culture and the Mexican Cultural Institute! Get opening party tickets here and enter the annual competitions here.
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- D.C. is expensive. Should your band move to Philadelphia?
- We asked the Duende District for their fall reading list.
- El Techo looks great. Look at El Techo.
- You know you can lie on Facebook, right?
- The Juggalos are coming…
- Plus, we brought you our weekly FREE AND ALMOST FREE THINGS TO DO IN D.C. & SHOWS TO GET PUMPED FOR THIS WEEK & COME EARLY FOR & HAPPY HOUR HOTLINE & MERCH PARTY & THE WEEK IN OUTSIDE. USE THEM.
- Queer Book Club: The Backstagers is at Fantom Comics.
- Nice Jewish Boys – New Year Happy Hour! is at TRADE.
- LezLink Happy Hour: September is at Buffalo Billiards.
- CAGLCC’s Chamber Connect Hosted and Sponsored by Wells Fargo is at 14 & P.
- Group Facilitators Session: Creating Safer Spaces is at The DC Center.
- The DC LGBT Bar Association’s September Monthly Social is at Number Nine.
- Prophets of Rage sold out 9:30 Club.
- Our Sharks and Recreation Nat Geo After Hours is finally here!
- Ted Leo plays the first of two shows at the Black Cat.
- Brockhampton featuring queer rapper Kevin Abstract play two sold out shows at Rock and Roll Hotel.
- Hustle: Disco Dance is at Green Lantern.
- Bear Happy Hour: Bearaoke is at Town.
- Gallery Experience: The Utopian Projects is at The Hirshhorn.
- A Trans and Genderqueer Game Night is at The DC Center.
- Queer Girl Movie Night: September Edition is at Colony Club.
- Ain’t My Type of Hype: A Queer House Party is at 13th & Florida.
- Peach Pit is at DC9.
- Ladies Tea – Petworth is at Hank’s Oyster Bar.
- Hank’s Pasta Bar is hosting a Drag Brunch with a 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. seatings.
- Hot in Herre is at 9:30 Club.
- See Ted Leo again at the Black Cat.
- The record was butt, however Arcade Fire still has a kick ass live show. See them at Capital One Arena.
- There is a Disco Town Hall hosted by Will Butler of Arcade Fire at Rock and Roll Hotel.
- Don’t miss the H Street Festival!
- Check out Oktoberfest at Dacha!
- Young the Giant with Cold War Kids and Joywave is at Merriweather.
- Bears Can Dance: The Fall Beer Party is at Green Lantern.
- G ∆ Y / B ∆ S H is at TRADE.
- BARE – Ol’ Skool Edition is at Cobalt.
- An ’80s Dance Party is at Songbyrd.
- SuperLinda AfterHours is at Tropicalia.
- Dance the afternoon away at Sundisco at TAKODA.
- Pretty Boi Drag & Makers Lab Present #PrettyBoiHouseParty at Tropicalia.
- Stephen Colbert hosts the sixty-ninth annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 8 p.m. on CBS
- Badbadnotgood is at 9:30 Club.
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ROAR: Rooftop Beer Bust is at UPROAR.
- Bocce and Lawn Games: DC Transmasculine & FtM Monthly Meetup is in Logan Circle.
- QT Fusion Dance: Bachata Night is at Zeba Bar.
- Flame Fest Sundays: Game Time Edition is at Vita Lounge.
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